VIKINGS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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Minnesota Vikings

The Vikings did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B.

by thebirdman3 · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 1 steals · 2 reaches
Value B-
Need B+
Trades B+
Future B-

The Vikings let the board come to them and it handed over Sheridan Jones in No. 230, comfortably the best value of their weekend. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B.

The interior defensive lineman spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. Every board in the league had Bishop lower, and that gap is the story.

They squeezed a little extra out of every move they made. They went 7 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.15 · Pick 15 · Jared Verse · DE-EDGE · rank 15
In pick 15 they get a double-digit-sack hope at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.10 · Pick 42 · J.J. McCarthy · QB · rank 43
J.J. McCarthy in the Round 2 slot is fair value, right on his grade. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R2.14 · Pick 46 · Denzel Burke · CB · rank 48
Denzel Burke in No. 46 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R4.8 · Pick 108 · Junior Colson · LB · rank 114
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Junior Colson. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R4.30 · Pick 130 · Cole Bishop · S · rank 148
Cole Bishop in the 130th overall pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R5.12 · Pick 148 · McCallan Castles · TE · rank 147
They paid sticker price for McCallan Castles in slot 148, and that is fine. It fills a real need, too.
R5.24 · Pick 160 · Layden Robinson · OG · rank 160
A straight-up fair deal on Layden Robinson at pick 160, value and slot in agreement. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R5.29 · Pick 165 · Frank Gore Jr. · RB · rank 165
They took Frank Gore Jr. at par in the Round 5 slot, which is nothing to complain about. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R6.4 · Pick 179 · Kaden Prather · WR · rank 174
Nothing to complain about; Kaden Prather went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. A need, and now a little less of one.
R7.10 · Pick 230 · Sheridan Jones · CB · rank 213
The board had Sheridan Jones higher than No. 230, and the cornerback fell to them anyway. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
R7.15 · Pick 235 · Carson Steele · RB · rank 253
Carson Steele at the 235th pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
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